A high-resolution characterisation of climatic and environmental change in Taranaki, New Zealand over the last 80,000 years using biotic and abiotic proxies is presented. This research contributes to the small set of sediment cores that extend from the present back ...

The purpose of this study was to create a model for interpreting the provenance of offshore, petroleum-bearing sandstone reservoirs in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand using sand samples from modern streams in the region as proxies. Twenty sand samples ...

Climate during the Holocene has not been stable, and with predictions of human induced
climate change it has become increasingly important to understand the underlying ‘natural’
dynamics of the global climate system. Fluvial systems are sensitive respondents to and
recorders ...

Distinctive basement gneisses of the Glenroy Complex and granitoids of the Mt. Cann Pluton and McKnee Intrusives are exposed in the Alpine Fault footwall, southeast Nelson, New Zealand. These rocks comprise tectonic blocks that form a foreland thrust system that ...

South Taranaki region has a number of active faults that show surface expression in the younger and harder materials near the coast and central volcanoes of the North Island, but these traces finish abruptly inland when they cross into older, ...

A field, laboratory and numerical modelling methodology were devised to investigate the edifice stability of Mount Taranaki, New Zealand. The primary aim of this thesis was to determine the limiting height of Mount Taranaki, where massive edifice failure occurs resulting ...

The 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence on the South Island of New Zealand occurred in a region where hidden faults systems were unknown, but were suspected. Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2D seismic reflection data was acquired in the Canterbury region. ...

This dissertation focuses on understanding the relative importance of external (eustacy) versus local tectonic and sedimentary processes in controlling continental-margin depositional architectures and their implications for sediment distribution. The emphasis of this study is the interpretation of clinoform geometries and ...

The development and management of high-temperature geothermal resources for electrical power generation requires accurate knowledge of the local geological conditions, particularly where they impact on the hydrology of the resource. This study is an integrated programme of work designed to ...